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7.14.16
Week: 28 \ Day: 196
July
Averages: 81°\51°
86004
Today: H 87° \ L 51°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind
ave: 9mph\Gusts: 21mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 92°[1902]
Record Low: 38°[1962]
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Quote
of the Day
There is nothing
more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. ~E.
B. White
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Observances
Today
Bastille Day
1789
National Macaroni and Cheese Day Link
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Observances
This Week
National Farriers Week: 10-16
Sports Cliché Week: 10-16
National Ventriloquism Week: 13-16 Link
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1798 1st
direct US federal tax on states-on dwellings, land & slaves
1798 US
Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous & malicious" writing
against government
1822 Slave
revolt in South Carolina under Denmark Vesey/Peter Poyas
1832 Opium
exempted from federal tariff duty
1837 At
Fort Clark, on the upper Missouri, Francis Chardon records the first death of
a Mandan attributed to
smallpox. The outbreak of this disease spreads rapidly and be extremely deadly
to the people in this area.
1853 1st
US World's fair opens at New York's Crystal Palace
1853 Pres Franklin
Pierce opens 1st industrial exposition (NY)
1864 Gold
is discovered in Helena, Montana
1870 The
United States Congress grants Mary Todd Lincoln a life pension in the
amount of $3,000 a year
1891 John
T Smith patents corkboard
1914 1st
patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Robert Goddard)
1927 1st
commercial airplane flight in Hawaii
1934 NY
Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time
1940 Due
to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps
1946 Dr Benjamin
Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" published
1948 Israel bombs Cairo
1951 Citation
becomes 1st horse to win $1,000,000 in races
1969 The
United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn
from circulation.
1975 EPCOT
Center (Florida) plans announced
1978 Allen
Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode" - blocks trainload of fissile
material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado
1987 Lt
Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony
2008 "The
Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale
and Heath Ledger, premieres in New York
2015 Scientists
from the Large Hadron Collider announce the discovery of a new particle called
the pentaquark
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1789 Bastille
Day-French Revolution begins with the fall of Bastille
1791 -
Demonstrations are held in Dublin, Belfast and elsewhere to commemorate the
fall of the Bastille in 1789
1963 50th
Tour de France won by Jacques Anquetil of France
1987 Taiwan
ends 37 years of martial law
1998 -
Tánaiste Mary Harney announces that a minimum wage of £4.40 an hour will be
introduced in April 2000
1999 - Over
20,000 litres of fuel oil leaks into the popular fishing resort of Mucrós Bay,
Co. Donegal from a supply tank at Abbotts Ireland
2000 - Kerry
sheep farmer Patrick Morana earns a place in the Guinness Book of Records as he
hand-shears 206 sheep in nine hours and becomes Irish and UK champion.
2015 Arms
deal agreed between 6 world powers and Iran limiting Iranian nuclear arms but
ending sanctions
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Good day. Did some running
around and now just kickin’ it at home.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of
post)
Buttons
Trivia
brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure
trivia questions.
There is a reason why
men's clothes have buttons on the right while women have buttons on the left.
What is it?
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Today’s
Trivia Hive
(answers at the end of
post)
Who is the previous Prime
Minister of the U.K.?
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…Harper’s
Index…
2.6
– Factor by which the
number of KKK chapters in the US has increased since 2014
1.6 –By which the number of US black-separatist
groups has increased
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
nakedplanet Click the link in our bio to book an
adventure using our Instagram feed!
@glooby shows
indications of the most fuel-efficient flights and eco-labeled hotels. We're
excited to bring you the opportunity to book a trip using the travel
inspiration we have provided through our media over the years. ✈️🌍
PC: @kyrenian in Cappadocia, Turkey
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2
jokes for the day
Popeyes
Why is Popeye’s the best fast food chain around?
They fry their chicken in olive oil!
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Brazilian Pokémon
What Pokémon would you catch in Rio De Janeiro?
Zikachu.
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*------------ In a
Related Story... ------------*
The U.S. Holocaust Museum
is telling visitors to stop playing the wildly popular Pokemon Go game.
"Playing the game is not appropriate in the museum, which is a memorial to
the victims of Nazism," Andrew Hollinger, a museum spokesman, said.
"We are trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the
game." The museum is one of many cultural landmarks labeled as a
'PokeStop' where players can score free in-game items. The Holocaust Museum is
tagged with three separate PokeStop locations on its premises. The designation
is distracting visitors from the museum's focus, the newspaper added, which is
Nazi Germany's slaughter of about 6 million Jews.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
NEVER LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN
THE MOUTH
A horse's teeth are a good indicator of its age. Hence, St. Jerome (A.D. 400),
who never accepted payment for his writings, penned the famous adage
"Never inspect the teeth of a gift horse," which became the more
familiar "Never look a gift horse in the mouth."
***
BITE THE BULLET
This old saying means to grin and bear a painful situation. It comes from the
days before anesthetics. A soldier about to undergo an operation was given a
bullet to bite to keep from screaming.
***
BITTER END
Anchor cable was wrapped around posts called bitts. The last piece of cable was
called the bitter end. If you let out the cable to the bitter end there was
nothing else you could do, you had reached the end of your resources. Although
this origin is not definitive, it is very plausible.
***
DUTCH COURAGE
In the 17th century England and Holland were rivals. They fought wars in
1652-54, 1665-67 and 1672-74. It was said (very unfairly) that the Dutch had to
drink alcohol to build up their courage. Other insulting phrases are Dutch
treat (meaning you pay for yourself) and Double Dutch meaning gibberish.
***
FLASH IN THE PAN
Muskets had a priming pan, which was filled with gunpowder. When flint hit
steel it ignited the powder in the pan, which in turn ignited the main charge
of gunpowder and fired the musket ball. However sometimes the powder in the pan
failed to light the main charge. In that case you had a flash in the pan.
***
HOIST BY YOUR OWN PETARD
A petard was a type of Tudor bomb. It was a container of gunpowder with a fuse,
which was placed against a wooden gate. Sometimes all things did not go to plan
and the petard exploded prematurely blowing you into the air. You were hoist by
your own petard.
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Birthdays
Today
“[ ]” indicates age at
death
[93] Gerald R Ford, [Leslie King],
41st US VP
(1973-74)/38th US President (R-1974-77), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2006)
American animator
(Hanna-Barbera-Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo), born in Melrose, New Mexico (d. 2001)
Swedish director
(Cries & Whispers), born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 2007)
Harrah Ok, actor
(Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty) [d2013]
ice cream mogul
(Carvels) [d1990]
actress
(Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk), born in Knoxville, Tennessee [d2014]
Cuthbert Ga,
NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin' On)
US, novelist
(Virginian) [d1938]
singer/guitarist
[d2007]
56-
Jane Lynch,
actress, singer,
comedian
folk singer (This
Land Is Your Land) [d1967]
American actor
(Party of 5, Lost), born in Abington, Pennsylvania
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Historical
Obits Today
@21-1881 Billy the Kid,
American outlaw,
shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett
@56-2000 Meredith MacRae,
American actress,
brain cancer
@87-2005 Cicely Saunders,
English Nurse,
physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice
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Trivia
Hive Answers
David Cameron
Cameron promised to let the U.K. vote on
a Brexit (even though he really, really, didn't want to go). And in a very
"So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames" move, he
announced his resignation from his post as Prime Minister. The race to the next
P.M. has two leading ladies: Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom which means the
U.K. is looking at its second female Prime Minister in history to go along with
its newfound T-Swift-stand-on-your-own-don't-need-the-man independence. Way to
go, mate! Source: The Washington Post
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Brain
Teasers Answers
Most people are right
handed and find it easier to fasten a button which is on the right through a
hole which is on the left. This is why men's buttons are on the right. When
buttons were first used it was rich people who could afford clothes with
buttons. Among this class the ladies were often dressed by maid servants. The
servant would face the lady and so it was easier for right handed servants to
fasten buttons which were on the lady's left.
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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to
agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and
is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that
every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many
sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events
occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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